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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fallaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *fallaną (“to fall”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑl.lɑz/

Noun

*fallaz m[1]

  1. a fall
  2. death, destruction, downfall

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *fallaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fallaz *fallōz, *fallōs
vocative *fall *fallōz, *fallōs
accusative *fallą *fallanz
genitive *fallas, *fallis *fallǫ̂
dative *fallai *fallamaz
instrumental *fallō *fallamiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *fall
    • Old English: feall
    • Old Frisian: fal
      • North Frisian: fal
      • Saterland Frisian: Fal, Faal
      • West Frisian: fal
    • Old Saxon: fal
      • Middle Low German: val
        • German Low German: Fall
    • Old Dutch: *fal
    • Old High German: fal
      • Middle High German: val
  • Old Norse: fall n
    • Icelandic: fall n
    • Faroese: fall n
    • Norwegian Bokmål: fall n
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: fall n
    • Swedish: fall n
    • Danish: fald n

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*fallan~fallaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 91
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